Hey guys, this is my first post on here and I'm new to the whole EV world but have been a fan for quite some time. I am finally going to pull the trigger and have landed on a 16 Model S 90D. I had the luxury of taking it home for the night to get a better feel for it before making a decision since my buddy is the GM of the dealership. I live across the street from a supercharging station, so I charged it all the way up to 100% to see where the battery degradation was at since the miles are pretty high (although I will say that it is in immaculate condition given the miles).
Charged up at 100% only gave me 227 miles in range. From my math with full range being 294 miles, that puts me at 77% capacity if i divide 227 by 294 (Please feel free to correct me if my math is wrong).
Now being a 2016 with an in-service date of 04/19/2016, it has the 96mo (8yr) unlimited mile warranty on the battery which gives me just under 3 years remaining. Will Tesla even consider replacing the battery under warranty even though it's still below their 30% guideline for degradation? Or could my fuzzy math be off not factoring in everything to the equation properly, potentially putting me over the mark for them to replace the battery?
I've thought about bringing it directly to Tesla myself prior to purchase, but I'm not sure they would even look at the vehicle for me without it being registered in my name yet. Or will they?
The second part of this equation is if I can't get the battery replaced yet, is it safe to say that it will drop to 70% or below within the 32mo that I have remaining on the warranty given that it's at 77% currently?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you guys in advance!
Charged up at 100% only gave me 227 miles in range. From my math with full range being 294 miles, that puts me at 77% capacity if i divide 227 by 294 (Please feel free to correct me if my math is wrong).
Now being a 2016 with an in-service date of 04/19/2016, it has the 96mo (8yr) unlimited mile warranty on the battery which gives me just under 3 years remaining. Will Tesla even consider replacing the battery under warranty even though it's still below their 30% guideline for degradation? Or could my fuzzy math be off not factoring in everything to the equation properly, potentially putting me over the mark for them to replace the battery?
I've thought about bringing it directly to Tesla myself prior to purchase, but I'm not sure they would even look at the vehicle for me without it being registered in my name yet. Or will they?
The second part of this equation is if I can't get the battery replaced yet, is it safe to say that it will drop to 70% or below within the 32mo that I have remaining on the warranty given that it's at 77% currently?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you guys in advance!